Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Databases

Wes Streeting: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many trusts have agreed to join the federated data platform as of 7 March 2024.

Andrew Stephenson: The Federated Data Platform is a vital upgrade for the National Health Service, allowing it to be much more effective in how it handles its data, to improve outcomes for patients. It will allow information about staff, waiting times, equipment and medicines to be brought together, to allow better planning of how the NHS uses its resources. 41 trusts have agreed to join the Federated Data Platform, by means of transitioning from their participation in one of the pilot programmes. In parallel, the programme is actively engaging with 29 new trusts, regarding joining the Federated Data Platform in 2024. We are working with regions and local organisations to plan their implementation timeline.

Lung Cancer: Screening

Karin Smyth: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to (a) implementing the national roll-out of lung cancer screening and (b) increasing CT scanner capacity to support the national roll-out of lung cancer screening in each financial year until 2027-2028.

Andrew Stephenson: The Targeted Lung Cancer Screening Programme, once fully rolled out in 2030, will offer people aged 55 to 74 who are at high risk of lung cancer, screening every 2 years and will detect around 9,000 cancers earlier each year.Plans for 2024/25 are currently being finalised by NHS England, including delivery trajectories. Over £100 million of revenue funding is available to support the implementation of the NHS Lung Cancer Screening Programme in 2024/25.Plans for 2025/26 and beyond will be subject to the outcome of a future Spending Review.Assessing the funding required for computed tomography scanner capacity specifically is not possible as much of this capacity is commissioned by NHS England as part of a wider service, using broader programme funds.

Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Finance

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the projected annual budget is for the Future and Common Support Services Team in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.

James Cartlidge: The Future and Common Support Services delivery team was established in February 2022 and its primary function is to undertake concept phase work. It does not currently incur capital expenditure on equipment or services, nor does it plan to in 2025-26. In 2023-24, FCSS also managed a small technical demonstration programme, whose budget resides within the Vehicle Support Team. The Future and Common Support Services delivery team forecast operating costs by financial year is as follows (this does not represent the complete operating costs of the team as some of these costs held within the wider Land Equipment Operating Centre): Financial YearContract Spend £FY23/24953,995.20FY24/251,506,720.00FY25/260  Notes:It should be noted that the annual operating expenditure budget beyond 2024-25 is not available.Due to the Operating Model work currently underway in DE&S, the current team structure is likely to change significantly, and we anticipate that the way that budgets are apportioned will also change.

Ministry of Defence: Finance

Maria Eagle: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget for the Fires, Infrastructure, and Manoeuvre Support Team at Defence Equipment and Support is for (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.

James Cartlidge: The figures presented in this table represent the projected annual operating expenditure budget and forecast costs for the Fires, Infrastructure, and Manoeuvre Support (FIMS) delivery team at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S). The FIMS delivery team forecast equipment costs by financial year is as follows: Financial YearContract Spend  £MFY23/24251.75FY24/25420.64FY25/26464.49 The FIMS delivery team forecast operating costs by financial year is as follows: Financial yearTotal spend £MFY23/2422.14 Notes:It should be noted that the annual operating costs budget for 2024-25 and beyond is not available.Due to the Operating Model work currently underway in DE&S, the current team structure is likely to change significantly, and we anticipate that the way that budgets are apportioned will also change.